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From: bsa@ncoast.UUCP (The WITNESS)
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Subject: Re: the name of the Dr.
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Date: Wed, 5-Sep-84 14:08:47 EDT
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[gollum :-)]

> From: ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian)

> Anyway, it's possible that the time lords call the doctor 'The Doctor'
> because they can't pronounce his name in their present form.

WRONG.  I don't remember the episode, but it was the one where the Master makes
(? -- sis is the Dr. expert, I just watch 'em :-) the Doctor assassinate the
Time Lords' President; but I remember the Doctor and (Castellan?) discussing
the Master... and Castellan says, "There are no records of any Time Lord taking
that name".  I read that about the same as I did the weird formal outfits:  a
degenerate custom.  (No wonder the Doctor won't have anything to do with them!)
The Time Lords have names, both personal, and "professional", taking the latter
name when they are accepted into the hierarchy (upon maturity)?

Please note that the above is a hypothesis based on incomplete evidence (a
handful of Tom Baker episodes), and may be VERY wrong.

--bsa